LAMBDA-EDI
The serverless runtime for EDI pipelines — millisecond billing, auto-scale.
Definition
Lambda executes Node.js, Python, Java, Go, .NET, Ruby. Limits: 10 GB RAM, 15 min timeout, 6 MB synchronous payload, 256 KB async. Typical EDI patterns: S3 ObjectCreated trigger → Lambda parse EDIFACT → DynamoDB; SQS → Lambda validate INVOIC → SNS.
Origin
Launched by AWS at re:Invent 2014. Pioneer of the commercial serverless model.
Example in context
A Lambda function subscribed to an S3 bucket, parsing each .edi file dropped, validating via Schematron and publishing to Kinesis.
Related terms
- AWS S3 — most common trigger source.